Local attractions include Ellerdine Lakes, one of the main trout fisheries in the county[1] The area is served by one Public House officially known as The Royal Oak, the establishment is known locally as The Tiddly[2] The village benefits from the presence of a well equipped Village Hall[3] Prior to the Norman Conquest it is recorded that Ellerdine was held by a free man named Dodo.

It is next recorded that Henry II gifted the manor to Iorwerth Goch as a reward for his services as an interpreter during the Welsh-English border wars.

By the nineteenth century, the manor was in the possession of Henry de Vere Vane, 9th Baron Barnard of the County of Durham.

John Beard (1871-1950), the trade union leader, was born at Ellerdine Heath, educated at the local Primitive Methodist day school, and died while staying at the village.

The church was built by architect Geoffrey Smith in 1881 and is served from High Ercall[12] The founders of The John & Eliza Bourne Trust were residents of Ellerdine and lived at White House Farm.